Both California and Texas are growing, but for different reasons

“Texas’ relatively lower cost of living has encouraged migration from states such as California and New York. Americans from these and other high-cost-of-living states have found new homes throughoutTexas, but especially in the state’s fast-growing major metropolitan areas. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin were the first-, second-, fourth-, and eighth-most popular destinations forAmericans on the move between 2022 and 2023, the latest period for which the Census Bureau has released this data at a metropolitan level.“